The longtime leader of CSEA, Danny Donohue, passed away this summer, so we wanted to explore how he wielded power, his brash style, and whether anyone was picking up his mantle in Planet Albany.

For all that insight we tapped into the institutional knowledge and insights of Liz Benjamin, a former journalist and now a big deal for Marathon Strategies.

And for our Working Rules segment we check in with political gambling fiend and Parkside Group Vice President Alex Elmasri to discuss the game of political musical chairs getting started in Manhattan.